Lee Jun-seok: "When President Moon leaves office, I want to ask about the times he negotiated with Ahn"

"There Are Figures Within the People’s Party Proposing to Make Ahn Cheol-soo Quit the Presidential Race"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] On the 23rd, Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, expressed his desire to ask President Moon Jae-in about his experience negotiating with Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, after Moon leaves office. Lee also revealed that there were movements within the People’s Party to make Ahn give up his presidential bid.

On the same day, Lee appeared on MBC Radio’s ‘Kim Jong-bae’s Focus’ and said, "In 2015, when President Moon (then the leader of the Democratic Party) negotiated with candidate Ahn, I think President Moon could explain well how that experience was. I want to ask him about it after he leaves office." Lee added, "Back then, (President Moon) even visited Ahn’s house," and said, "He asked if Ahn would take the position of Innovation Committee Chair, but Ahn refused and told him to innovate instead, proposing an innovation party convention. Even now, the people of the Republic of Korea don’t know what an innovation party convention is, do they?"

Regarding the unification negotiations between Yoon Seok-youl, the People Power Party’s presidential candidate, and Ahn, Lee said, "A generous agreement can only be made when two generous people meet. If a generous person meets a narrow-minded person, it’s infuriating." Since Lee previously referred to Yoon as a generous person, it appears that the narrow-minded person refers to Ahn.

Lee also claimed that some People’s Party officials tried to make Ahn give up his presidential bid. He said, "People in the People’s Party should be careful with their words and actions because some People’s Party officials, regardless of Ahn Cheol-soo’s intentions, have made proposals to our side to make candidate Ahn give up his presidential bid," adding, "(This official) is one of the people who are currently making a lot of noise."

Lee mentioned, "I don’t know if candidate Ahn knows, but in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there are figures like Mi Fang, and the subordinates Beom Gang and Jang Dal." Mi Fang betrayed Guan Yu, and Beom Gang and Jang Dal betrayed Zhang Fei.

Regarding the unification negotiations, Lee said, "I didn’t have full authority," but added, "People in very important positions made meaningful proposals, and there was a response, but I heard that candidate Ahn suddenly reversed his position 180 degrees based on a certain trigger."

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